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The Velvet Sledgehammer: August 24, 1983 (Part 1 only)
Production reel for the June 1, 1983 episode of The Velvet Sledgehammer, hosted and produced by Eileen Zalisk. Kathy Ann Kersey interviews Carole Seskin of the Avalon Nurses Registry about childcare options and day care services for working mothers. Eileen Zalisk interviews with Zora Zarubina (b. 1920), Professor of English and member of the Soviet…
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One woman’s narrative of Nanny of the Maroons / read by Randi Kristensen ; produced by Pat Collins.
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The Maroons of Jamaica / Farika Birhan ; interviewed by Sue Supriano.
Farika Birhan, public relations officer for the Accompang Maroons in Jamaica, presents a history of the Maroons. Their communities of runaway slaves fought the British for 83 years and finally signed a peace treaty in 1738. Cudjo, one the their major leaders, never lost a battle in 50 years. Fraika also talks about a female…